Roses Are Red, Violets Are Too, This ONT Was Made Just For You

Welcome to Friday's ONT! Shocking news out of New York today:

Fido Friday: Skatedog

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Ice cream

Left turn, Clyde

They call him Tex

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Tonight's map

One Reddit banning I understand

Oh, I can do that

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What are you having?

Food chain

An attempt was made

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Collect them all

Feline Friday: Cats want equal time!

Neat story

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Smart guy

Cut 'em down!

Standup

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Repurposing

He's got his own sign

AI slop

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Iraq

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by the pleasure of a good book:

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1 “Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.”
—Carl Sagan

Profundity on the level of Kamala Harris.

Posted by: mindful webworker - small screen for small budgets at July 24, 2026 10:00 PM (jrd4M)

2 Roustabout

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:01 PM (6T7Go)

3 Keep Fridays weird

Posted by: nckate at July 24, 2026 10:02 PM (enNUy)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at July 24, 2026 10:03 PM (EJE3y)

5 Evening, all.

Posted by: Caf at July 24, 2026 10:03 PM (2E7lB)

6 Great ONT!

Except that last meme kinda blows.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

7 Nice fridge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:05 PM (6T7Go)

8 Good evening Horde. Thanks WD!

Tex is good. Wow.

Posted by: TRex - shot caller dino at July 24, 2026 10:05 PM (MiwIw)

9 Good evening, good Morons!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 24, 2026 10:07 PM (kOluj)

10 Hey, Mandami, there's a fellow down in Mexico, calls himself Batman, deals with cheap thieves like you. You're on his list.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:07 PM (6T7Go)

11
This ONT sounded better in the original Sumarian.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 10:07 PM (O0L8i)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 24, 2026 10:08 PM (m5P/4)

13 Collect them all

Apparently-not-named-Chloe is a 1!

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

14 Great ONT!

That last meme in particular is awesome...

Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:14 PM (Riz8t)

15 Looney Tunes comedian was kind of lame. Kept pausing, and looking at the audience, "Clap, you fuckers!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:14 PM (1z8ji)

16 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by the pleasure of a good book:

Wow. That took a while. Very creative.

Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 10:14 PM (rkCBr)

17 I wouldn't eat the steak but only because it's almost 9 years past its sell by date.

Posted by: Meat is tasty delicious murder at July 24, 2026 10:15 PM (TbWk/)

18 I just noticed who the Bene Gesserit is.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:15 PM (Riz8t)

19 I would not have a problem dining on a Chloe steak. A Hillary steak, though, might be tougher than a Vibram sole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:16 PM (1z8ji)

20 That skater dog is amazing.

Posted by: davidt at July 24, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)

21 A Hillary steak, though, might be tougher than a Vibram sole.

Yeah, I generally prefer my steaks not be bitter and alcohol-soaked.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

22 Trump is kinda flat at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. Which makes me sad because I generally love his snarky jokes.

Posted by: Iris at July 24, 2026 10:17 PM (286+n)

23 I'm still PO'd at Jeri Ryan and her former husband - the aftermath of that situation gave us OBarky.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2026 10:18 PM (O6Iwc)

24 That skater dog is amazing.
Posted by: davidt at July 24, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)

Agreed. He seems to really be able to control that skateboard. Of course, if he falls off, he has only six inches to fall. I seem to remember some folks in New Zealand trained dogs to drive cars.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:19 PM (1z8ji)

25 No one is eating MY Chloe!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:22 PM (FZ29D)

26 Skateboard dog is AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:22 PM (6T7Go)

27 I just asked J why I have this sliver of the bed and the 25 pound dog is stretched all the way out with way more room. He said because Saijo is cute. 😡

Posted by: Piper at July 24, 2026 10:23 PM (Dd38x)

28 "Shocking news out of New York" — I wasn't all that old when I figured out that Metropolis and Gotham were long-standing synonyms for New York. The map DC eventually published of their superhero cities was so lame, I had to go to Marvel comics in protest. Excelsior!

Skatedog — that's some impressive navigating. Hard to believe it's not AI. Or is it?

Ice cream — the plot of a cheap horror movie

They call him Tex — that thar's some mighty fancy shootin, Tex.🤠

What fans would consider to be Superman's Kryptonite — serious face-palm. Reminds me of the TV bimbette who said her favorite Marvel superhero was Superman. You know, with great power comes great responsibility.

Pool trick — had to be on purpose. Too stupid to be an accident.

Neat story — Cleaning out the old shed, we recently ran across my older sister's 1963 high school year book, her Junior year. A little musty. We cleaned it up as much as possible and mailed it to her. She was appropriately amused.

AI slop — slop indeed. So much potential, wasted.

Thanks for another grand Friday ONT, WeirdDave. And not a bit of music. Works for me.

Posted by: mindful webworker - small screen for small budgets at July 24, 2026 10:23 PM (jrd4M)

29 I watched Citizen Vigilante and it has some issues. The pacing is off and I think a better director/writer would have put a little more subtlety in.

But...Uwe Boll is willing to make a movie about one of the biggest problems in the world right now so I give him credit for that.

And one thing occured to me...the left gave itself awards for making One Battle After Another a movie about lefties murdering normal people, while damming Citizen Vigilante for having a vigilante kill criminals...and every action gets explained in detail as to why he does what he does...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:24 PM (sKqQm)

30 The PETA sticker on the steak says "don't buy it". the cow is already dead and butchered. Do they want this cow's death to be for nothing?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 24, 2026 10:25 PM (9CZQg)

31 Mindful Webworker - God bless you for your assessment of the Blowhard of the Century.

Posted by: Boomer at July 24, 2026 10:25 PM (9EaCT)

32 Looney Tunes comedian was kind of lame. Kept pausing, and looking at the audience, "Clap, you fuckers!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:14 PM (1z8ji)

The only thing that made me smile was Bugs in women's clothing making Fudd bothered.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 24, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

33 >> “Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.”
—Carl Sagan

Across the sea of space, our sun is but another star.

Now, let's ponder the significance of the passage of time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)

34 Superman is kind of boring because even his kryptonite isn't kryptonite - it might make him gay or something but he'll always still beat whoever uses it against him.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:26 PM (sKqQm)

35 AC/DC ruined...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02DUSQfBZFY

Posted by: davidt at July 24, 2026 10:26 PM (Q+gd/)

36 U.S. Central Command - @CENTCOM - Jul 23

U.S. forces started another night of strikes against Iranian military targets at 6:45 p.m. ET today. This is the 13th consecutive night of strikes aimed to hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully completed the 13th straight night of strikes against Iran, July 23, at 9 p.m. ET.

CENTCOM targeted Iranian military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities to further diminish the threat Iran poses to civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

The international waterway remains open for transit despite recent attacks from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Commercial vessels continue to freely navigate the strait with U.S. military support.

More than 50,000 U.S. service members are currently operating across the Middle East.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:26 PM (6T7Go)

37 Sagan is one of those guys that intentionally exaggerated the impact of nuclear war to stop the west from using them.

The Soviets knew the western claims were false so they didn't care...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:27 PM (sKqQm)

38 Wheated bourbon is good, neat.

Posted by: goatexchange at July 24, 2026 10:27 PM (hyS0X)

39 The only thing that made me smile was Bugs in women's clothing making Fudd bothered.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Pointing out all the speech impediments was "things that make you go 'hmm,'" but not "LOL."

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

40 The little cop was pretty awesome.

Posted by: Bang! Ding! Ow! at July 24, 2026 10:27 PM (JM9I6)

41 The PETA sticker on the steak says "don't buy it". the cow is already dead and butchered. Do they want this cow's death to be for nothing?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 24, 2026 10:25 PM (9CZQg)
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Yes.

They'd rather slaughter countless pets rather than let you raise a pet to be your loving companion.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:28 PM (FZ29D)

42 Re: the Cafe, my DIL still calls their male cat "her". All dogs are "him". Love her, but smh!

Posted by: DanMa'am at July 24, 2026 10:28 PM (8uzBS)

43 Fucking Mariners.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:29 PM (yEz+x)

44 Big fabrication job today. Cut the old 2" iron caster wheels off a 3-wheel engine stand, welded outriggers on the frame, and welded on 5-inch urethane-tired casters. Now I can roll it over turf, no problem. And I made a new engine bracket to fit any Studebaker Champion six cylinder engine. Cut a piece of 2" galvanized water pipe, welded it to a Champion engine plate (goes between engine block and bellhousing) and gusseted that joint with 4 gussets cut from flat bar. Burned a mittfull of 7018 rods, too. Bolted the newly-made adapter to a 185 block, and it fits the stand like a glove. And rolls around like a baby buggy. Woot! A custom-made engine adapter like that goes in in next to no time at all; so much easier than fucking around with the adjustable one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:29 PM (1z8ji)

45
Ol' Carl beclowned himself with that nuclear winter from the Kuwaiti oil well fires business.

That was really sad.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)

46 Pointing out all the speech impediments was "things that make you go 'hmm,'" but not "LOL."
Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

That is essentially it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 24, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

47 This clarifies some things:

@trump_repost
11h
President Xi, at our recent meeting in Beijing, China, told me that he would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran — And that statement included Chinese Companies. Considering our relationship, I take him at his word and, besides, l am doing him very big favors, also.

Likewise, President Putin, despite the horrible War going on in Ukraine (The relationship remains, as it does with President Zelenskyy), told me that he would not sell Weapons to Iran. He understands that I do not sell Weapons to Ukraine, but to NATO Countries. They pay full price, and how those Weapons are distributed, I have no idea.

Therefore, two major Countries that people speak of often in terms of Iran are, in my opinion, not participating. If they did, it would be very bad for them — Certainly not in their best interests. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:31 PM (6T7Go)

48 Yeah, Porky Pig saying impediment...

Posted by: davidt at July 24, 2026 10:31 PM (Q+gd/)

49 Superman is kind of boring because even his kryptonite isn't kryptonite - it might make him gay or something but he'll always still beat whoever uses it against him.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:26 PM (sKqQm)
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Yeah, he's so overpowered it's really hard to write stories that provide him with a challenge.

Depowering him via kryptonite is a common technique just to make him more human and vulnerable to an actual threat.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:31 PM (FZ29D)

50 AOP...
SHOWOFF!

Posted by: Boomer at July 24, 2026 10:32 PM (9EaCT)

51 44 Big fabrication job today. Cut the old 2" iron caster wheels off a 3-wheel engine stand, welded outriggers on the frame, and welded on 5-inch urethane-tired casters. Now I can roll it over turf, no problem. And I made a new engine bracket to fit any Studebaker Champion six cylinder engine. Cut a piece of 2" galvanized water pipe, welded it to a Champion engine plate (goes between engine block and bellhousing) and gusseted that joint with 4 gussets cut from flat bar. Burned a mittfull of 7018 rods, too. Bolted the newly-made adapter to a 185 block, and it fits the stand like a glove. And rolls around like a baby buggy. Woot! A custom-made engine adapter like that goes in in next to no time at all; so much easier than fucking around with the adjustable one.

I pulled some weeds.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:32 PM (Riz8t)

52 AC/DC ruined...
https://youtu.be/02DUSQfBZFY
Posted by: davidt

Call & raise.

https://youtu.be/U8-UiNei9_U

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

53 PDT

I love you. But if you trust Putin and Xi, you’ve lost your mind and need to resign.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:33 PM (gTtYa)

54 Yeah, he's so overpowered it's really hard to write stories that provide him with a challenge.

Depowering him via kryptonite is a common technique just to make him more human and vulnerable to an actual threat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

His challenges are supposed to be moral and ethical, not physical or (personally) existential.

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

55 Yeah, he's so overpowered it's really hard to write stories that provide him with a challenge.

What about if he ate a bunch of Taco Bell and then got on an elevator with other people? Would they live to reach their floor?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:34 PM (Riz8t)

56 >>Therefore, two major Countries that people speak of often in terms of Iran are, in my opinion, not participating. If they did, it would be very bad for them — Certainly not in their best interests. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

If you believe Tousi's reporting, I'm not sure that's going to hold up unfortunately.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

57 I love you. But if you trust Putin and Xi, you’ve lost your mind and need to resign.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:33 PM (gTtYa)

I doubt he trusts them. But they have been put on notice that any actions by them to supply weapons to Iran will not go unpunished.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)

58 How many crimes did we see in that Ma Barker bike video.

1. Insurance fraud and/or extortion
2. Driving on the wrong side of the road (minor infraction)
3. Bike theft
4. Attempted burglary (the kid that stole the bike first fell over the fence leaving a property which is likely not his)
5. Littering (fell out of old ladies bike basket)

Posted by: Orson at July 24, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)

59 What about if he ate a bunch of Taco Bell and then got on an elevator with other people? Would they live to reach their floor?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:34 PM (Riz8t)

When Superman farts, the Moon gets a new crater.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)

60 What about if he ate a bunch of Taco Bell and then got on an elevator with other people? Would they live to reach their floor?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:34 PM (Riz8t)
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I imagine Superman's stomach acids are so powerful that Taco Bell doesn't stand a chance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:36 PM (FZ29D)

61 What about if he ate a bunch of Taco Bell and then got on an elevator with other people? Would they live to reach their floor?

Someone did the math on the force his, uh, baby batter, would have based on the increases in raw strength he has over a normal man in relation to other feats of strength

To put it simplify if he and Lois Lane had fun time he'd make her explode.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:37 PM (sKqQm)

62
Ol' Carl beclowned himself with that nuclear winter from the Kuwaiti oil well fires business.

That was really sad.
Posted by: publius

How long did he predict they would burn?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2026 10:38 PM (Cqx++)

63
Good LordI turned on fox news and trump is absolutely bombing at the white house correspondents' dinner. Who the hell wrote that joke for him?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 24, 2026 10:38 PM (mmrXZ)

64 And good evening!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 24, 2026 10:38 PM (mmrXZ)

65 You just try sharing at a Waffle House and see what happens to you.

(I just don’t get the hype behind them. Sorry. YMMV.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 10:39 PM (4g5V+)

66 Hexie the Polydactyl Kitty Cat says, "Hello!" and reminds me that despite having extra digits on each paw, she does not have any known superpowers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:39 PM (FZ29D)

67 What about if he ate a bunch of Taco Bell and then got on an elevator with other people? Would they live to reach their floor?

The series would be called the Ass of Steel

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:39 PM (2GVsD)

68 We had a pet calf when I was a kid, and ended up eating him. The thing was, after he got big and started butting people, he got sent to my uncle's farm for a while. When the boxes of meat wrapped in white butcher paper came, we didn't really make the connection.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 24, 2026 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

69 When Superman farts, the Moon gets a new crater.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at July 24, 2026 10:40 PM (4g5V+)

70 Blondie - He'll be okay. Nobody is great every minute...

Posted by: Boomer at July 24, 2026 10:41 PM (9EaCT)

71 62
Ol' Carl beclowned himself with that nuclear winter from the Kuwaiti oil well fires business.

That was really sad.
Posted by: publius

How long did he predict they would burn?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2026 10:38 PM (Cqx++)

They didn’t count on me. Fools.

Posted by: Red Adair at July 24, 2026 10:41 PM (4g5V+)

72 Someone did the math on the force his, uh, baby batter, would have based on the increases in raw strength he has over a normal man in relation to other feats of strength

To put it simplify if he and Lois Lane had fun time he'd make her explode.
Posted by: 18-1

Larry Niven. "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex."

https://tinyurl.com/2bpwhktv

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

73 Carl Sagan:

Johnny Carson joked, "Did you hear that Carl Sagan's wife filed for divorce? (affecting Sagan's mannerisms) She wants BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars."

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 10:41 PM (RCjYY)

74 Carl Sagan's turtleneck was smarter than him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)

75
>> How long did he predict they would burn?

I don't know about how long, but he predicted it would have an effect similar to the Tambora eruption in 1815, which led to 1816 being the Year Without a Summer.

It was utterly wrong, a nothing-burger.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)

76 Speaking of the man I remember watching a SuperFriends episode as a kid where it turns out the moon is a giant spider monster egg. Superman, Batman and Indian Chief go to fight it and the first two lose and Indian Chief goes giant and wrestles it back into his egg/the moon.

Which made no sense whatsoever.

Even as a tike I was thinking this is beyond stupid.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:43 PM (sKqQm)

77 I love you. But if you trust Putin and Xi, you’ve lost your mind and need to resign.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:33 PM (gTtYa)

What happens in public and what happens in private are totally different things.

By the time we get DoS to publish all the diplomatic correspondence in Foreign Relations of the United States, I will probably be in my 100s. Or dead.

Posted by: Red Adair at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (4g5V+)

78 PDT

I love you. But if you trust Putin and Xi, you’ve lost your mind and need to resign.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:33 PM (gTtYa)

This is one way I'd trust them.... (from Babylon 5)

https://youtu.be/sHqgWDyNl9o

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (qx7Zg)

79 Depowering him via kryptonite is a common technique just to make him more human and vulnerable to an actual threat.

I find the stories that depower him less compelling than the stories that fully understand him. Elliot S! Maggin, especially in the two movie novels—they had literally nothing to do with the movies—and Grant Morrison understood this. Their stories are fun and compelling.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (kYmoU)

80 Speaking of the man I remember watching a SuperFriends episode as a kid where it turns out the moon is a giant spider monster egg. Superman, Batman and Indian Chief go to fight it and the first two lose and Indian Chief goes giant and wrestles it back into his egg/the moon.

Which made no sense whatsoever.

Even as a tike I was thinking this is beyond stupid.
Posted by: 18-1

"Apache Chief."

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

81 Red Adair, you’re dead. And so is the sock.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (4g5V+)

82 A custom-made engine adapter like that goes in in next to no time at all; so much easier than fucking around with the adjustable one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Best friends of my family growing up had a 1950 Champion. It was their "good" car all through the Fifties until they got a 63 Bel Air. The Studebaker was demoted to "work" car status and the Dad drove it down to the docks in Jersey City every workday. It soldiered on until 1973 or so.

Posted by: Did It's Job and More at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (JM9I6)

83 There's Green Kryptonite, Red Kryptonite, Black Kryptonite, White Kryptonite, Gold Kryptonite, Silver Kryptonite, Platinum Kryptonite, Jewel Kryptonite, Synthetic Kryptonite, Pink Kryptonite, and Blue Kryptonite.

Posted by: Forrest SuperGump at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (ZypAx)

84 Speaking of the man I remember watching a SuperFriends episode as a kid where it turns out the moon is a giant spider monster egg. Superman, Batman and Indian Chief go to fight it and the first two lose and Indian Chief goes giant and wrestles it back into his egg/the moon.

Which made no sense whatsoever.

Even as a tike I was thinking this is beyond stupid.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:43 PM (sKqQm)
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Makes more sense than the Doctor Who episode where the Moon is an egg. Infested with spiders. The egg hatches into some sort of giant alien, which deposits an egg that becomes the NEW Moon.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:45 PM (FZ29D)

85 What time is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zJHMad1ZsM

Posted by: davidt at July 24, 2026 10:45 PM (Q+gd/)

86 Larry Niven. "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex."
https://tinyurl.com/2bpwhktv
Posted by: mikeski

Wow, what a nerd. And you guys give me a hard time?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 24, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

87 63
Good LordI turned on fox news and trump is absolutely bombing at the white house correspondents' dinner. Who the hell wrote that joke for him?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 24, 2026 10:38 PM

Oof! It's awful!

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 24, 2026 10:46 PM (Lzhdy)

88 Makes more sense than the Doctor Who episode where the Moon is an egg. Infested with spiders. The egg hatches into some sort of giant alien, which deposits an egg that becomes the NEW Moon.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Spiders? Yeah, that's dumb.

Shoulda been an aphid. They're born pregnant.

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

89 I just watched Passengers and The Martian again over the last couple days.
We need good optimistic hard science fiction.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 10:47 PM (gKWVE)

90 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 24, 2026 10:47 PM (+9wcF)

91 Mikeski,

Mobile Suit Gudam has created yet another new timeline: AA or After Apocalypse.

Meteor slams into Earth and Humans find a strange material that revolutionizes gravity control, FTL comm, and cognitive materialization.

But after ten years it goes rouge. Humanity has to abandon the Earth and flee to the Moon and space.

And at this point I immediately thought of Hideki Kakinuma and Kenichi Sonoda's Gall Force, especially Rhea Gall Force.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:48 PM (2GVsD)

92 I'm still PO'd at Jeri Ryan and her former husband - the aftermath of that situation gave us OBarky.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2026 10:18 PM (O6Iwc)

IIRC, the Illinois GOP asked Mike Ditka to be their replacement candidate and he turned them down. Who knows, if he had accepted, and the new senator had become President, the world might have been a very different place.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 24, 2026 10:48 PM (1viUA)

93 We have not yet considered the existence of a Supergirl. (*She can't mate with Superman because she's his first cousin. And only a cad would suggest differently.*)

That's considered hate speech nowadays in Britain.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)

94 I have genuinely considered Carl Sagan to be a pompous, self centered prick. And that was back in the day when he was pontificating on his own magnificence. Bye bye Carl...

Posted by: Boomer at July 24, 2026 10:50 PM (9EaCT)

95 Wow, what a nerd. And you guys give me a hard time?

Shut up Wesley

Posted by: Riker at July 24, 2026 10:50 PM (sKqQm)

96 I’m reading a great book about Johnny Csrson right now, penned by his longtime attorney & tennis partner.

Carson lost $35 million to his 3rd ex-wife because he didn’t bother with a pre-nuptial. Against the advice of his attorney. Oops

Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 10:51 PM (VGE5u)

97 Shoulda been an aphid. They're born pregnant.
Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

That seems to be a great time saver!

Posted by: Dr. McCoy at July 24, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

98 IIRC Carl Sagan applied his very own hockey stick to the math behind the threshold for a nuclear winter. He artificially lowered the threshold by a factor of 100 I think.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:52 PM (2GVsD)

99 I have genuinely considered Carl Sagan to be a pompous, self centered prick

If you haven’t seen Real Genius yet, I think you’ll enjoy it. Carl Sagan is the villain.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 24, 2026 10:52 PM (kYmoU)

100 Shoulda been an aphid. They're born pregnant.
Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

That seems to be a great time saver!
Posted by: Dr. McCoy at July 24, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

Or a mighty War Tribble.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 10:52 PM (qx7Zg)

101 MOAT - Mother of All Tribbles.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:53 PM (2GVsD)

102 People miss the point about Superman. It’s all about how he could be the biggest monster humanity has ever known…

…but isn’t, and in fact uses his powers for good.

In any event, my most beloved superhero will always be Spiderman. Ever since I ran around as a little boy with my Spider-Man sweatshirt…

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 10:53 PM (4g5V+)

103 92

Ditka thought about it for a while before saying no. Some of the GOP leaders told him that he had no idea what misery awaited him if he ran.

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 10:53 PM (RCjYY)

104 Rainbow Kryptonite - explains how Superboy went all LGBTQ++

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:54 PM (2GVsD)

105 That bow-tie History Guy once again chimes in on a topic of interest to AoS Morons:

Trebuchet! (17:51)
https://youtu.be/er754qe9soE

Posted by: mindful webworker - siege engine at July 24, 2026 10:55 PM (jrd4M)

106 Gall Force, especially Rhea Gall Force.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Someone should re-release those. I've got a couple on DVD, but buying the rest, nah. They're priced like collector's items.

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

107 Mikeski

Got all of them on Japanese and English laserdisc... o.O;;;

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)

108 People miss the point about Superman. It’s all about how he could be the biggest monster humanity has ever known…

…but isn’t, and in fact uses his powers for good.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 10:53 PM (4g5V+)
----
We can thank Jonathan and Martha Kent for that. If Superman had been raised by a throuple or polycule in New York City, he would have turned out very differently...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:56 PM (FZ29D)

109 While AOP was building a custom engine stand today, I was changing the carrier service on my backup phone. So there!

(Flounces off to get another Bud Light)

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 24, 2026 10:56 PM (1viUA)

110 Fucking . mariners.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:57 PM (Vrdez)

111 laserdisc
Posted by: Anna Puma

Old school! 👍

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)

112 That seems to be a great time saver!
Posted by: Dr. McCoy at July 24, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

Kind of takes the fun out of reproduction, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

113 but isn’t, and in fact uses his powers for good.

“Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it? His goods shall be established, and the comic book shall declare his story.”—Ecclesiastes 31

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 24, 2026 10:57 PM (kYmoU)

114 94 I have genuinely considered Carl Sagan to be a pompous, self centered prick. And that was back in the day when he was pontificating on his own magnificence. Bye bye Carl...
Posted by: Boomer at July 24, 2026 10:50 PM (9EaCT)

In his defense, Cosmos was my gateway to science back in the day. It was mind blowing, heady stuff for a nine year old. I have the book to this day. But am I a Sagan fan boy? Far from it. I read Comet in HS and amidst the pages were long sections of him being a whiny little bitch. Yeah, Schlürpo forbid we defend the fucking country so you can study astronomy to your heart’s content, Carl!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 10:58 PM (4g5V+)

115 6 Great ONT!

Except that last meme kinda blows.....

Posted by: mikeski
---

Speaking of that, I thought last night was Friday night ONT and it was the strangest WD ONT I'd ever seen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:58 PM (6T7Go)

116 We can thank Jonathan and Martha Kent for that. If Superman had been raised by a throuple or polycule in New York City, he would have turned out very differently...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:56 PM (FZ29D)

Or if he'd been found by Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 10:59 PM (qx7Zg)

117 Professor Squirrel

You should probably read Superman: True Brit.

as for who to blame for this: Kim "Howard" Johnson, John Cleese, John Byrne, Mark Farmer, and Alex Bleyaert.

They need to be sacked forthwith along with those who chose them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)

118 We can thank Jonathan and Martha Kent for that. If Superman had been raised by a throuple or polycule in New York City, he would have turned out very differently...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:56 PM (FZ29D)

Another great point. Raised by a mother and father on a farm in KS, and raised right and proper by them before he moved on to bigger and better things in Metropolis.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 11:00 PM (4g5V+)

119
Black cherry float with Boylan's soda and HEB 1905 vanilla ice cream. Super excellent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 11:00 PM (O0L8i)

120 I’m reading a great book about Johnny Csrson right now, penned by his longtime attorney & tennis partner.

Carson lost $35 million to his 3rd ex-wife because he didn’t bother with a pre-nuptial. Against the advice of his attorney. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 10:51 PM (VGE5u)

I reviewed that book on a Sunday Book Thread a few weeks ago. Very interesting things. Imagine a lawyer banging Janet from Three's Company and Mary Hart!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 24, 2026 11:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

121 I'm still PO'd at Jeri Ryan and her former husband - the aftermath of that situation gave us OBarky.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2026 10:18 PM (O6Iwc)

IIRC, the Illinois GOP asked Mike Ditka to be their replacement candidate and he turned them down. Who knows, if he had accepted, and the new senator had become President, the world might have been a very different place.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 24, 2026 10:48 PM (1viUA)

You can blame the Chicago Tribune for suing to release the details of their divorce.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 24, 2026 11:00 PM (nbLIj)

122 Evening, Horde. Haven't scheduled a day/time for the interview next week yet, no reply from the company today (I sent followup emails just in case; if I don't hear anything by noon on Monday I'll call). Odd and frustrating.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 24, 2026 11:02 PM (aJQbY)

123 Or if he'd been found by Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 10:59 PM (qx7Zg)

Or landed in Germany, and got adopted by Ernst Rohm...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

124
Astros, down 5-0, score 9 unanswered runs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 11:02 PM (O0L8i)

125 Mikeski

at this point, I might have the sole surviving Rabby Struggle Suit Type pre-painted vinyl figure from Gall Force: Star Front.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

126 We can thank Jonathan and Martha Kent for that.

Yes. Maggin addressed this in Last Son of Krypton. Jor-El identified the most intelligent person on earth to raise him, who turned the job over to a moral couple, because that is what would be best for Kal-El and for Earth. (Maggin had a bit of a hard-on for Einstein.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 24, 2026 11:03 PM (kYmoU)

127 Random Dave

Keep being persistent.

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)

128 103 92

Ditka thought about it for a while before saying no. Some of the GOP leaders told him that he had no idea what misery awaited him if he ran.

Posted by: mnw
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If only he had punched them in the nose. And politely advised them
on points of order.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:03 PM (6T7Go)

129 Great ONT!

Except that last meme kinda blows.....

Posted by: mikeski
---

Speaking of that, I thought last night was Friday night ONT and it was the strangest WD ONT I'd ever seen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:58 PM (6T7Go)

I've sent a Friday ONT to Doof if WD needs to skip a week. I think that's the only one that hasn't been used yet.

I admit to working up a Revenge of the Cat ONT. I'm afraid to try a Saturday ONT - Doof and TRex make a formidable team.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

130 chicago white sux again!

Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 11:04 PM (gKWVE)

131 MOAT - Mother of All Tribbles.
Posted by: Anna Puma

When they get that big, they're just called Trouble.
* thumbs sus'penders *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 11:05 PM (diia5)

132 Profundity on the level of Kamala Harris.
Posted by: mindful webworker - small screen for small budgets at July 24, 2026 10:00 PM (jrd4M)

Carl Sagan was something of a pothead

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 11:05 PM (rbvCR)

133 Anyway, let's just check on the Colorado Roc-
Oh.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 11:06 PM (gKWVE)

134 That graph from an earlier thread on Republicans gone, Republicans replaced, and Republicans to come is heartening.
And he's right, Trump is setting it up where by even if circumstance gives us a mediocre president MAGA will carry on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:06 PM (6T7Go)

135 Carl Sagan was something of a pothead
Posted by: Kindltot

I think the marxism was a bigger problem.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 11:07 PM (diia5)

136 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 24, 2026 11:02 PM (aJQbY)

Hang in there, brother. A door will open..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 24, 2026 11:07 PM (nbLIj)

137 Anyway, let's just check on the Colorado Roc-
Oh.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 11:06 PM (gKWVE)

They really need to change their name to the Colorado Weedies. Honor their state's recent history.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 11:07 PM (qx7Zg)

138 Vance has two more years to improve but Mario's learned the playbook. Elipsis nailed it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:08 PM (6T7Go)

139 All of you are missing the point about Carl Sagan.

Like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl never thought his farts stunk.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)

140 Carl Sagan was something of a pothead
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 11:05 PM (rbvCR)

Born on November 9, 1934 (Remember, Remember, the Ninth of November) so his 30s and 40s were spent in the 60s and 70s. It would shock me not at all if more than pot was in play.

(He won the death pool on December 20, 1996)

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 11:09 PM (4g5V+)

141 (He won the death pool on December 20, 1996)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 11:09 PM (4g5V+)

Dies at 62, very young.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:11 PM (1z8ji)

142 Like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl never thought his farts stunk.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)

IMHO Neil deGrasse Tyson is far worse than Sagan in that regard. He must have spent half of the Cosmos “remake” from 2014 talking about how he inherited the torch (so to speak) from Sagan.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 11:11 PM (4g5V+)

143 How do you know Mobile Suit Gundam is really in a creative rut?

People see a blonde haired attractive guy in a red uniform. Everyone squeaks "Char clone!"

Maybe RG XARX-Zero will finally decide to subvert expectations. But I doubt it since our male MC mobile suit pilot is named Rey.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

144 Ditka thought about it for a while before saying no. Some of the GOP leaders told him that he had no idea what misery awaited him if he ran.
Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 10:53 PM (RCjYY)

The mind boggles at what a President Ditka press conference would be like.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 11:14 PM (4g5V+)

145
I'd be concerned that whatever zealot put the gay PETA sticker on the meat also poisoned the meat.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 24, 2026 11:14 PM (biznJ)

146 TSLA after hrs was 311 & SPCX was 113.
_Get some

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:15 PM (6T7Go)

147
Sagan at least was an actual scientist and Cornell professor. Tyson is a Hollywood caricature of an astronomer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 11:17 PM (O0L8i)

148 Maybe RG XARX-Zero will finally decide to subvert expectations. But I doubt it since our male MC mobile suit pilot is named Rey.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)

Piper probably knows a tailor who could make a Mobile suit, goddamn!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:17 PM (1z8ji)

149 *bangs head into pillow*

This series, the MME knock off of the Big Zam is a yellow B-2 with legs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:17 PM (2GVsD)

150 Tyson is a Hollywood caricature of an astronomer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh --

Thank you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:17 PM (6T7Go)

151
Oh, I'd take Sagan any day over Neil deAsse. That just shows how far things have fallen.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

152 Tyson is what you get when you order an astronomer off Temu.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

153 In his defense, Cosmos was my gateway to science back in the day. It was mind blowing, heady stuff for a nine year old. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 10:58 PM (4g5V+)

I preferred Connections, but I rewatched it as an adult and realized how . . . Intentional it was. Not an even handed retelling of history, it was slanted.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 11:18 PM (rbvCR)

154 Johnny Carson not having a prenup:

John Cleese called his last series of live comedy performances "The Alimony Tour."

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:19 PM (RCjYY)

155 Good evening morons y gracias wd por el ONT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 11:19 PM (JvZF+)

156 Tyson is a Hollywood caricature of an astronomer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

But just think of the observatory out there missing its tour guide~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 11:19 PM (diia5)

157 I thought Tyson ran the gift shop.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:20 PM (2GVsD)

158
49 Superman is kind of boring because even his kryptonite isn't kryptonite - it might make him gay or something but he'll always still beat whoever uses it against him.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:26 PM (sKqQm)
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Yeah, he's so overpowered it's really hard to write stories that provide him with a challenge.

Depowering him via kryptonite is a common technique just to make him more human and vulnerable to an actual threat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:31 PM

-------

Maybe he could be disabled by a really horrible smell.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 24, 2026 11:20 PM (QOikT)

159
Elon is really pushing the envelope. They pushed Starship through max dynamic pressure at nearly full throttle this time. Don't know exactly how much, if it was 100% throttle, but that greatly increased the stress.

With rockets, basically, the harder you accelerate the more efficient you are in terms of payload thrown into orbit vs fuel consumed. That's the reason for hot staging as well.

However, I don't know if that's something they'd ever want to risk with a manned flight one little bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

160 Kryptonite became the crutch for lazy writers. Much like a transporter malfunction in Star Trek

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:21 PM (2GVsD)

161 Bill Gates and senior figures at his foundation met with Jeffrey Epstein roughly 30 times between 2011 and 2014, brushing aside repeated internal warnings about the reputational and ethical risks of associating with a man already convicted of sex crimes involving a minor.
_modernitynews

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:22 PM (6T7Go)

162
Yeah, I learned a lot from Sagan as a kid, and I appreciate that from in. It's just his asswipe left-wing politics that pissed me off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)

163 I bet he's going to like that book so much he'll want to read it again and again.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 11:23 PM (3uBP9)

164 Kryptonite became the crutch for lazy writers. Much like a transporter malfunction in Star Trek
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:21 PM (2GVsD)

Other big crutch was Bizarro World.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)

165
Pushing engineering limits to squeeze out just a little extra efficiency here and there is how SpaceX has come to be the dominant force it is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:24 PM (w6EFb)

166 Also, thanks to all who have donated. It is very appreciated - every little bit helps!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 24, 2026 11:25 PM (aJQbY)

167 There is only Lt. Uhura. The others are merely pretenders.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 11:25 PM (JvZF+)

168 Yeah Carl Sagan was pretty cool.

I enjoyed Jacques Cousteau far more.

Explorers in their own areas. I prefer the sea to space, personally.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 11:26 PM (TpTQ4)

169 Time to meander, ciao.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:27 PM (2GVsD)

170 Tyson is what you get when you order an astronomer off Temu.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

Temu Don King

Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 11:28 PM (vE0+H)

171 Why would super rich people like Gates hang out with Epstein? Why didn't he just buy himself a string of mistresses, like almost every King of England and France did?

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:29 PM (RCjYY)

172 Kryptonite became the crutch for lazy writers. Much like a transporter malfunction in Star Trek
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:21 PM (2GVsD)

Other big crutch was Bizarro World.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)
====

Holodeck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 11:30 PM (JvZF+)

173 I enjoyed Jacques Cousteau far more.

Explorers in their own areas. I prefer the sea to space, personally.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Both him and Sagan were exterminationists.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 11:30 PM (diia5)

174
Reading, they squeezed another 200 km/h out of velocity at staging, hitting 5960 km/hr (3703 mph). This alone translates to about 6 tons more payload to orbit.

They're going to try to get that up to 6100 km/hr, and that's about the limit for the stresses, apparently.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

175 There is only Lt. Uhura. The others are merely pretenders.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 11:25 PM (JvZF+)

Saw Nichelle Nichols at a Star Trek movie screening in Hollywood back around 2015 or thereabouts. She was in the audience and was introduced to a very appreciative crowd.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 24, 2026 11:32 PM (nbLIj)

176 Never turn left.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 24, 2026 11:32 PM (B2pWp)

177 I don't see the joke here

@LeadingReport
·
2m
President Trump roasts CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, comparing her to “Dylan Mulvaney.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 11:33 PM (diia5)

178 Why would super rich people like Gates hang out with Epstein? Why didn't he just buy himself a string of mistresses, like almost every King of England and France did?
Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:29 PM (RCjYY)

Because Epstein provided him the illusion that those hot young babes were throwing themselves at him for his scintillating personality and his huge dick, but mostly his huge dick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:33 PM (1z8ji)

179 80 Speaking of the man I remember watching a SuperFriends episode as a kid where it turns out the moon is a giant spider monster egg. Superman, Batman and Indian Chief go to fight it and the first two lose and Indian Chief goes giant and wrestles it back into his egg/the moon.

Which made no sense whatsoever.

Even as a tike I was thinking this is beyond stupid.
Posted by: 18-1

"Apache Chief."
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 24, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)
__________________________

I hope Superman and Batman made the Chief read a land acknowledgement.

Posted by: Orson at July 24, 2026 11:35 PM (dIske)

180 The first thing GOP insiders asked Ditka was, "Mike, are you comfortable with the idea of begging for large campaign contributions... from complete strangers?"

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:35 PM (RCjYY)

181
Well, hell. Looks like Elon is going to try man-rating hot staging. It's a ways off, though.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

182 171 Why would super rich people like Gates hang out with Epstein? Why didn't he just buy himself a string of mistresses, like almost every King of England and France did?

Posted by: mnw
---

He did that too +/-. Parties with his pool full of whores.
Some find depravity irresistible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:37 PM (6T7Go)

183 Why would super rich people like Gates hang out with Epstein? Why didn't he just buy himself a string of mistresses, like almost every King of England and France did?
Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:29 PM (RCjYY)

Because Epstein was in charge of a large system for unofficial banking and Gates was a source of money. His charitable organization provided seed money and concealment for money laundering between NGOs and funding for off the books operations, and of course just plain money laundering. Gates was not interested in biomedical research as much as he was funding the things around biomedical research and stuff going on using biomedical research as a cover.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 11:39 PM (rbvCR)

184 I enjoyed Jacques Cousteau far more.

Explorers in their own areas. I prefer the sea to space, personally.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The French Narrator in SpongeBob SquarePants was an homage to Jacques Cousteau. Stephen Hillenburg was a fan..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 24, 2026 11:39 PM (nbLIj)

185 I don't know what max q means for rockets. For aircraft it's the max aero force on your primary surfaces, wing and empennage. You minimize alpha and beta to reduce forces. But you can't trim out all the alpha, cambered surfaces still want to torsion off, and every little perturbation results in super correction forces to stabilize. The aircraft will tear itself apart.

Rockets are completely different and I vaguely know that a primary load is axial, like column buckling and you have to worry about basic structural stability/equilibrium. It's so different from aircraft structures loads and dynamics I can only guess what the critical design cases are.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 11:40 PM (3uBP9)

186
Well, hell, the Soyuz manned flights use hot staging. So, if the Rooskies can do it.....

And the Titan II version for Gemini did use a sort of hot staging, they called fire in the hole.

So, there you go.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

187 Looks like Elon is going to try man-rating hot staging.
Posted by: publius

"Things that sound gay but aren't, for $400, Alex."

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)

188 182

When J.P. Morgan took his own wife to the opera, a reporter joked that "some poor chorus girl won't be getting a diamond bracelet tonight."

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:41 PM (RCjYY)

189 Thought the stocks would go up after a successful launch but they didn't. Couldn't get the site to load and missed a buy by one minute and 22 seconds. I think the market will change over the weekend. But my order is in. If I get up or stay up, before hrs will be interesting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:42 PM (6T7Go)

190 I watched the whole mission. Very cool ,but the best part was seeing the descent without the whole blackout portion, where we have to wait for comms to come back on line.

Seeing the craft over the clouds of the Indian Ocean at sunrise, real-time was the coolest fucking thing I've seen in a very long time.

Space X and Elon Musk are taking the bull by the horns, bigly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 24, 2026 11:44 PM (0aYVJ)

191 >> I vaguely know that a primary load is axial

Yep. Point end right in the direction of velocity. Mostly. There are sideways forces, and these are critical to manage.

You know those little side fins on the first stage of the Saturn V? They were there to slow down any sideways turning motion if they lost control of the attitude. They bought just enough time for the escape tower to yank the CM off the top before the forces destroyed the rocket.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:44 PM (w6EFb)

192 Max Q is maximum resistance point as the ship is accelerating. For some reason slowing down a bit causes less turbulence while accelerating past it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:45 PM (6T7Go)

193 Speaking of that, I thought last night was Friday night ONT and it was the strangest WD ONT I'd ever seen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:58 PM (6T7Go)

But the strangest ONT I ever did see
Was the ONT we cremated Sam McGee

Posted by: Robert Service at July 24, 2026 11:46 PM (1viUA)

194 There was a poster here not long ago complaining that he couldn't get in on buying SpaceX (SPCX) at the IPO offering price.

Now he can.

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:49 PM (RCjYY)

195 Kryptonite became the crutch for lazy writers. Much like a transporter malfunction in Star Trek
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 11:21 PM (2GVsD)

Other big crutch was Bizarro World.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)
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Posted by: Captain Kirk at July 24, 2026 11:51 PM (XeU6L)

196
The maximum "angle of attack" if you can call it that, the angle of the nose of the rocket relative to its velocity vector during ascent has a very small limit. 5 - 10 degrees.

SpaceX keeps that info for its rockets proprietary. During the entry and landing burns for the boosters, it may be as high 15 degrees. But during fully loaded ascent, it's much smaller than that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb)

197 195

That's called product placement.

Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 11:54 PM (RCjYY)

198 how youse mooks doin'

Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 11:55 PM (ZxPkt)

199 The Houthis says that Saudi Arabia launched strikes on Hodeidah after several Saudi vessels were attacked in the Red Sea
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They hadn't planned on that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:55 PM (6T7Go)

200 >>> Max Q is maximum resistance point as the ship is accelerating. For some reason slowing down a bit causes less turbulence while accelerating past it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:45 PM (6T7Go)

No Max Q is the peak 1/2 rho V^2, the dynamic pressure, that you normalize aerodynamic force to in things line L = CL*Q*S, D = CD*Q*S, CM = CM*Q*S*C. It is one of the ways we linearize general aerodynamic force/moment calculations. Because aero forces vary exponentially with the fluid flow. Linearizing is easier to understand. But in basic aircraft engineering it's simply q goes up forces go up, q goes down forces go down. In testing you use KEAS, Knot Equivalent Air Speed, just to get a common q based relationship between speed and forces for test points. But for rockets it's different. You are dealing with stability, the complexity of eigen values and ODEs and such. A different world.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 11:56 PM (3uBP9)

201 opening a bottle of Yuengling with an M-14

https://tinyurl.com/38chn9yr

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)

202 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at July 24, 2026 11:58 PM (u/oMr)

203 I listened patiently while Miklos read and explained all the ONT content.

I deserve a treat

Posted by: Miss Dixie at July 24, 2026 11:59 PM (sxR7k)

204 >> Very cool ,but the best part was seeing the descent without the whole blackout portion,

This quite amazing. It works because Starship is so big. When it comes down there's a little hole in the plasma trail on the backside. And signals can get through that little hole to Starlinks flying above.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)

205 Depowering him via kryptonite is a common technique just to make him more human and vulnerable to an actual threat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:31 PM
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Maybe he could be disabled by a really horrible smell.

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Superman once tangled with a skunk. Needless to say, it didn't end too well for Superman...

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